A 2004 inductee into the Modern Drummer magazine's Hall of Fame with a 12-year run as the best progressive rock drummer in the magazine's reader's poll, as well as various live and clinic awards, ...

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MURRAY HORWITZ, American Film Institute: Hello, I'm Murray Horwitz. You know, it's hard to believe that Tito Puente is no longer with us. When he passed away in April of 2000, he left quite an ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- A Bay Area treasure who was born in Pittsburgh and raised in Oakland, musician Pete Escovedo was a natural musician who gravitated from saxophone to vibes to Latin percussion ...

Armando Peraza is one of the most important and revered figures in the world of Latin percussion. A legendary master on both congas and bongo, whose unorthodox style and rich history are inspirations ...

Percussionist William Winant has been the avant-elite’s go-to percussionist for more than 35 years. The list of folks he’s worked with is basically an abridged history of the 20th century’s back end: ...

Nattily attired in white tuxedos and black ties, the New Desi Arnaz Orchestra, a 15-member Latin swing band with strings, sent a mild percussive charge from the stage of the Kaufmann Concert Hall at ...

Deerhunter have been one of indie rock’s most consistently original bands for a decade, but to hear singer-guitarist Bradford Cox tell it, there’s a lot of blind chance in what they do. “If you say, ...